Separation Process Technology

You can maximize industrial profitability by choosing the right separation process with this authoritative guide. This book will help engineers, chemists, managers, and technicians in the chemical, petroleum, pharaceutical, food, and paper industries maximize profitability by optimizing performance of separation processes. Focusing on the latest distillation, extraction, adsorption, and membrane processes, this up-to-the-minute guide helps you select a cost-effective process; choose a cost-cutting configuration; keep up with cutting-edge technology; and follow up on your choices. Written by two of the leading separation process chemical engineers in the world, this handbook is truly worth its weight in gold to anyone involved in separation process technology.

Jimmy L. Humphrey is President of J.L. Humphrey & Associates, an engineering research and consulting company that specializes in the application of new and emerging separation technologies. He has a Ph.D. in chemical engineering and teaches at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is former associate head of the Separations Research Program. Dr. Humphrey is also former chair of the Separations Division of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and a former project manager at Argonne National Laboratory. George E. Keller II is Senior Corporate Research Fellow and Manager of the Separations and Process Fundamentals Group at Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Co., Inc., in South Charleston, West Virginia. His work group won a Kirkpatrick Honor Award for the development of pressure-swing parametric pumping. Dr. Keller has received a number of prestigious awards, including an Outstanding Achievement Award from Chemical Engineering magazine and the Gerhold Award for contributions in separations. He was named a Chemical Pioneer by the American Institute of Chemists for his work in long-range hydrocarbon technology, including the development of a process to convert methane to ethylene. He holds a Ph.D. in chemical engineering.

Introduction.Distillation.Extraction.Adsorption.Membrane Processes.Energy Considerations.Process Selection.Appendix A: Distillation Column Design Procedures.Appendix B: Equipment Suppliers.Appendix C: Terminology for Membranes and Membrane Processes.Appendix D: Conversion Factors: English to System International Units.Index.